*Are you proving FAITHFUL*? *THEREFORE be ye also ready*: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. Who then is a *faithful and wise servant*, whom his Lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? *Blessed is that servant*, whom his Lord when he cometh shall find so doing. _Matthew 24:44-46._ I MUST work the works of him that sent me, *while it is day*: the *night cometh*, when no man can work. _John 9:4._ *CONSECRATE yourself to the work*? I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye *present your bodies a living sacrifice*, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. _Romans 12:1._ *God is ENCOURAGING you, listen!* AND they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; *and they that turn many to righteousness* as the stars forever and ever. _Daniel 12:3._ Pleasures. *Those who want to LIVE FOR THE WORLD.* Count the cost friend, and see what God says concerning those who live *just for worldly pleasures*. Will it pay? *1st. You MAY NOT enjoy it ANOTHER DAY*! BOAST *not thyself of tomorrow*; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. _Proverbs 27:1._ *2nd. You become the ENEMY OF GOD.* YE adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world *is enmity with God*? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. _James 4:4._ *3rd. You reap WHAT YOU SOW.* BE not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, *that shall he also reap*. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. _Galatians 6:7, 8._ *4th. God calls you A FOOL.* I WILL say to *my soul*, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up *for many years*; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, *Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee*. _Luke 12:19-20._ *5th. God PLEADS with us.* *TURN ye*, turn ye from your evil ways; for *why will ye die*, O house of Israel? _Ezekiel 33:11._ *6th. God warns us!* This world with all that it has to offer, will soon *pass away* but he that doeth the will of God “*abideth for ever.*” KNOW thou, that *for all these things God will bring thee into judgment*. _Ecclesiastes 11:9_